Government is constructing a six-classroom block with a recreational centre and a place of convenience for Nkoranza Senior High School, to facilitate the admission of fresh students for the 2010/2011 academic year.
Mr Joseph Kwaku Ad…
Accra Academy Senior High School�s Apex JA Company, on Sunday won the overall best company award in the Junior Achievement (JA) Ghana competition.
The school, which also took away the Barclays award for the most creative and innova…
The Central Regional Commander of the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU), Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Paul Aduhene, on Monday advised drivers to tolerate each other on the road, in order to reduce preventable motor accidents…
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has identified teenage pregnancy and early marriages as major challenges confronting the girl-child education in the Ejura-Sekyedumase district.
Added to these, are the problems of irresponsible pare…
Creditor banks of Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. have picked BofA-Merrill Lynch and a domestic consortium as co-managers to sell their major stake in South Korea's leading builder, Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) said Wednesday.
KEB,…
Reverend Nicholas Awuah-Sarpong, Administrator
of the Maranatha Evangelistic Ministries, has called on church leaders to seek the development and well-being of their followers.
He asked the leaders to assist their members to acquire…
A clergyman has asked education authorities to
incorporate early childhood development into the country�s education reforms to address post-basic school challenges that confronted pupils.
Reverend Jonas Henaku, Principal of Huma…
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), at the weekend took a bold step to rekindle one of its almost lost traditions, �Beating the Retreat�, with a magnificent pageant of military music, precision drills and colour at the Ghana Military Academy…
More than 50,000 employees of the timber industry in Ghana would lose their jobs as a result of the recent upward adjustment of utility tariffs.
This is contained in a joint press statement signed by the Executive Secretary of the Gh…
Mr Luis Fernando Serra, Brazil Ambassador to Ghana, has underscored the need to cement the bond of friendship between the two nations for the mutual benefit of their nationals.
He made the call at the weekend when he and some office…
Darlington Afriyie, an ex-convict, was on Friday sentenced to 18 months imprisonment in hard labour by the Koforidua District �A� Court for stealing a mobile phone.
Afriyie pleaded guilty to two counts of unlawful entry and steal…
A District Court �A� in Koforidua on Friday sentenced three persons to 54 months imprisonment for conspiracy and attempting to steal.
They are Yakubu Adams, a porter, Lehadi Amadu, chain saw operator and Isaac Asiedu, a driver.
…
Mr. Luis Fernando Serra, Brazil Ambassador to
Ghana, at the weekend observed that the relationship between his country and Ghana was exceptionally good.
He called on the two countries to improve and sustain cordial bond of friendshi…
The Navrongo-Bolgatanga Diocesan Development Office (NABOCADO) of the Catholic Church, has drilled 13 boreholes at the cist of 176,198 Ghana Cedis for some communities in the Upper East Region.
The beneficiary communities are Saboro/…
The Navrongo-Bolgatanga Diocesan Development Office (NABOCADO) of the Catholic Church has drilled 13 boreholes valued at GHC176,198 for 13 communities in its jurisdiction.
The beneficiary communities are Saboro/ Kawenia in Nakong, Ka…
Mr Charles Ayamdoo, Director of Anti-Corruption,
Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice,(CHRAJ), has described Ghana's Petroleum Revenue Management Bill (PRMB) as the "cut and paste" versions from international best practic…
The District Chief Executive (DCE) of Afigya-Kwabre, Mr Kwaku Oppong-kyekyeku Kaakyire, has urged parents to support the government in its efforts to improve education.
He said the Government alone could not bear the numer…
Mr Fredrick Kobina Selby, Head of Legal Department of the West Africa Examination Council, (WAEC) at the weekend presented 40 pieces of Wax prints towards the upkeep of the Agona Swedru flood victims.
Presenting the cloths, Mr Selby e…
To save tigers from extinction, 13 nations which are abode of the endangered big cats have pledged to get their act together to double by the year 2022 the number of the felines from the present 3,200 in the wild.
A decision in this…
India's major opposition party BJP Monday raised eyebrows about the capability and willingness of Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee in providing
safety to passengers and suggested that if she continued to use her office for playing politi…
Indian Navy's new long range maritime reconnaissance aircraft P-81 will come armed with new generation American AN/APY-10 radars, giving it the capability to provide ultra-high resolutions of targets over seas and land.
The new radars…
A three-month-old infant died as she fell from the cot at her residence at Pallippuram near here.
The baby, Varsha, daughter of Baiju and Sinumol, was lying on the cot when she slipped out of the cot and died on the spot.
In a tragic incident, two sisters were drowned when the car which they were riding, skidded and
fell into the Pampa river at Neerettupuram near Tiruvalla town in south Indian state Kerala.
The father of the girls, David Thomas, wh…
Archbishop Francis Assisi Chullikat hailing from south Indian state Kerala has been named by Pope Benedict XVI as Vatican's permanent observer at the United Nations, Church officials said here on
Sunday.
He replaces Archbishop Cel…
The Centre's plan to set up an all-India judicial services may not take off soon due to lack of unanimity among various states and the High Courts on the issue.
"The issue of an all-India judicial service came up for discussions. But …
China's influence on an "unstable" Pakistan will grow further and the military and nuclear nexus between them will deepen in the coming years
posing security concerns for India, a leading think-tank has said.
"In an unstable Pakistan…
India has succeeded to bring down the number of lepers in the country from four million to 60,000 in the last two decades and the efforts involved in this achievement have been compiled in a form of book on the life of an eminent Indian so…
Seeking to address the various problems faced by orphan girls, an NGO based in this south Indian city has launched a supporting scheme for them.
The new scheme of 'Save our Daughters-India' forum, which was inaugurated by former Ind…
Women in India are likely to get equal rights in guardianship and adoption of children.
The Personal Laws Amendment Bill, 2010 -- introduced in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Indian Parliament) on April 22 -- has been referred to…
Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram has said the Government did not want to use the Armed Forces to contain Naxal violence as this could lead to
loss of civilian lives.
Government was not in favour of deploying the Army to combat Na…
Indian government is likely to file a curative petition in the Supreme Court in the next few days seeking to set aside the 1996 apex court judgement watering down the criminal charges against Bhopal Gas tragedy accused.
Sources in the…
At least 49 passengers were killed and over 150 injured when the speeding Sealdah-bound Uttarbanga Express rammed into the rear of the Vanachal Express pulling at the Sainthia station in Birbhum district of east Indian state West Bengal ea…
Congress President Sonia Gandhi Monday condoled the loss of lives in the train accident in Birbhum district of east Indian state West Bengal.
She conveyed her deep condolences to the bereaved families and wished speedy recovery to…
Management of Zain Ghana, on Saturday handed over a 21-seater ICT laboratory to authorities of the Nkotompo AME Zion Basic School in the Shama Ahanta East Metropolis in the Western Region.
The company also presented assorted items in…
The White House said Friday results of a crucial test on BP's well in the Gulf of Mexico are ambiguous and urged BP to increase monitoring during testing.
Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, overseeing the response to the gulf oil spill,…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama, on Friday
appealed to Ghanaians to avoid practices that could result in conflicts, confusion, disaffection and destruction, to ensure national development.
"We must all subscribe to all the princi…
The weather will be variably cloudy this morning with widespread mist and fog over Southern Ghana and become sunny in the afternoon with isolated thunderstorms over high grounds.
According to the Ghana Meteorological Agency, Northern…
The United States may dispatch its high-tech F-22 Raptor stealth fighter to the Korean Peninsula for the upcoming joint military exercises with South Korea aimed at sending a warning message to
North Korea for its continued provocative ac…
South Korea's military plans to court-martial
several senior naval officers for their alleged negligence of duty in connection with the deadly sinking of a warship in March as a result of a
North Korean attack, a military source said Sun…
ndia's External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may have
a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Afghanistan donors' conference in Kabul on Tuesday.
Both Krishna and Clinton would be in Ka…
Britain will play its due role to ensure the early and peaceful resolution of the Kashmir
problem between India and Pakistan, a British minister of Pakistani origin said on Saturday.
Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, a minister without portfo…
Temperatures in Moscow reached 91 degrees in a
heat wave that broke a 70-year-old weather record, meteorologist said.
Forecasters say the heat wave in the entire central region of Russia area will last until July 22, RIA Novosti reported…
U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, R.-Kan., slammed President Obama's recess appointment of Dr. Donald Berwick to lead the federal agency overseeing Medicare and Medicaid.
Roberts, speaking Saturday in the weekly Republican radio and Internet address…
North Korea informed South Korea Sunday that it may soon discharge a large amount of water from a dam near their tightly controlled border in a bid to prevent floods, a ministry in Seoul said.
"North Korea notified us in the afternoon …
South Korea plans to unveil a comprehensive
package of measures next month to cope with the nagging problem of growing unemployment among its young people, officials said Sunday.
The move comes as many young Koreans are struggling to …
Police said Sunday they are launching a month-long crackdown on illegal international marriage brokers in the country following the killing here of a Vietnamese woman by her mentally-ill South Korean husband.
The nationwide clampdown w…
New Zealand and Australia are fast becoming new hot spots for rising cases of fraudulent marriages by Non-Resident Indians for receiving large dowry, if one goes by government assessment.
Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Rav…
A Iranian Merchant vessel, on its way to Khorramshaher from Indonesia, developed "flooding problem" and has been anchored off south Indian port city Kochi.
The Kochi port authorites informed the Coast Guard, which provided water and…
Holidaying in Ladakh -- known for its breathtaking natural beauty but seen as remote and
inaccessible by many domestic tourists -- has become slightly easier from this season.
A leading travel company had in May this year introduce…
An Indian army Major, who is under probe by the United Nations mission in Congo on sexual exploitation and abuse charges, allegedly attempted suicide, but is now out of danger.
Major R S Ghumman, who came under the scanner of the UN…